Scratches of Will

The magic of trying, despite it all.

Glass Magic

So, how was this done?

The key to making glass magically appear is to either lighten or darken it's edges.

To show light edges you must set up a dark background with light coming from both the left and right. 

• One way to do this is to hang a black piece of cloth on a white wall directly behind your subject, the glass.
•  Next you can bounce one light off the right side and another on the left side where the wall is left uncovered. 
• The result is a dark spot surrounded in light. A glass placed infront of this scene will produce a shiny edged glass image.

To show dark edges you must only invert the process done above. You will want a well lit white background surrounded by black pieces of cloth. Make sure these black pieces of cloth to the right and left of your white background are not visible in your photo. 

Hope this helps you with your glass lighting adventures :)  

  

On this last photo, I decided to just play with my background. You can see, since I did not follow the usual setup, a lot more light is reflected on different areas of the glass.

Making the Invisible Visible

Glass is a tricky subject to photograph due to the fact that it is a transparent material. You can see right through it and when making a photo the edges seem to disappear.

My mission for this project was to make those edges appear and make the glass itself look amazing. It's all about playing with the light. Pretty fun stuff ;)